Māori in Ruatōria, Gisborne

All images taken in Ruatōria, Gisborne. Several young men, a young boy and a woman are seen sitting on a bench outside a building with various signs in the window. They read "Masport", and below "Christma[s] Cadbury", and on the right "Department of Labour Departmental Building Ruatoria. Officer in attendance [?...] every Thursday" (frames 1 to 6). Three men are standing in the entrance to a dairy (frame 7); a young woman is on the bench drinking from a can, sitting in front of advertisements for "Watties", and "Groceries, frozen foods, bread, milk and pies, fruit and vegetables" (frame 8)); a young woman is sitting at a table in a bar with a bottle of beer beside her (frame 9); and two women are also sitting at a table in the bar with a jug and glasses of of beer (frames 10 to 12). Open louvre windows are seen in the background. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra.

Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet

Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film